linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/25] Do not sanity check order in the fast path

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Date:	Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:45:10 +0900 (JST)
From:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
Cc:	kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com,
	Linux Memory Management List <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@...el.com>,
	Zhang Yanmin <yanmin_zhang@...ux.intel.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/25] Do not sanity check order in the fast path

> @@ -182,9 +182,6 @@ __alloc_pages(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
>  static inline struct page *alloc_pages_node(int nid, gfp_t gfp_mask,
>  						unsigned int order)
>  {
> -	if (unlikely(order >= MAX_ORDER))
> -		return NULL;
> -
>  	/* Unknown node is current node */
>  	if (nid < 0)
>  		nid = numa_node_id();
> @@ -198,9 +195,6 @@ extern struct page *alloc_pages_current(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned order);
>  static inline struct page *
>  alloc_pages(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
>  {
> -	if (unlikely(order >= MAX_ORDER))
> -		return NULL;
> -
>  	return alloc_pages_current(gfp_mask, order);
>  }
>  extern struct page *alloc_page_vma(gfp_t gfp_mask,
> diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
> index dcc4f05..5028f40 100644
> --- a/mm/page_alloc.c
> +++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
> @@ -1405,6 +1405,8 @@ get_page_from_freelist(gfp_t gfp_mask, nodemask_t *nodemask, unsigned int order,
>  
>  	classzone_idx = zone_idx(preferred_zone);
>  
> +	VM_BUG_ON(order >= MAX_ORDER);
> +

	Reviewed-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>




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